Reminds me of an old joke about how everything in KDE has a k and it's very annoyink and irrtitatink bekause they have less laks user interface kuidelines than GNOME. (I haven't checked, they've probably vastly improved since then)

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

When I met rms, I said “gnoperating system” lmao

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 24 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Gnus and gnomes can break my bones?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

nobbes. they breeak your nobbes

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 18 points 23 hours ago

Opportunity missed in not calling it GnObject.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 31 points 1 day ago

Things to do on Christmas:

Unwrap gifts ❌
Unwrap acronyms ✔️

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I.......I lost track of what just happened. G stands for......something, I imagine.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 12 points 20 hours ago

(((gnu)imp)tk)lib)object)

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

The gnu in gnu stands for Wildebeest

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 23 hours ago

Well it kind of stands for nothing, because at the center of this onion is GNU, which is recursive. It stands for "GNU's Not UNIX", so the G in GNU stands for GNU.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Jraphics

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Oh god. Is this going to be like how you pronounce "gif"?

Is it gif?

Or is it gif?

[–] Jayjader@jlai.lu 14 points 1 day ago

Banger title

[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does the g in gspot also stand for gnu?

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, yes.

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

That is why large companies don't want you to find where it is. The application of proprietary condoms to GNU licensed body parts would taint them with gpl license.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 15 points 1 day ago

it actually stands for garam masala

[–] dontsayaword@piefed.social 259 points 1 day ago (10 children)

and the g in gnu stands for gnu

[–] Klear@quokk.au 94 points 1 day ago (7 children)

So if I'm getting it right, gobject is short for gnugnu(...)gnuimptklibobject.

[–] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It is front recursive so it's really "...is not unix is not unix is not unix is not unix image manipulation program tool kit object" and that first g doesn't exist.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fun fact: The K in GNU stands for Kernel.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Then what does the g in gnu stand for?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 96 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you're not gonna believe this...

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[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 61 points 1 day ago (2 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] regdog@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

and the g in gnu also stands for gnu

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 13 hours ago

thank you

i expected this sooner xD

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[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 97 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Is it pronounced gnu or jnu?

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago

Depends what language you pronounce it in.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 96 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are you gnu here?

[–] zqwzzle@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Jnu enough to stoke an ancient flame war for my personal entertainment.

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[–] kubica@fedia.io 60 points 1 day ago

A topic with a a lot of gnuances.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh so what's g in grep and git stand for?

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

Grep is g/re/p. Global, Regular Expression, Print.

[–] who@feddit.org 13 points 1 day ago

Global, and Linus.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (7 children)

In case you were wondering the 'w' in 'wine' stands for 'wine', and the full acronym is 'Wine Is Not an Emulator'. What do you think the 'w' in 'Wine Is Not an Emulator' stands for?

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

As a younger teen trying to get starcraft running on my linux box, my parents were definitely upset when they saw me browsing "winehq". They thought I was trying to get booze shipped to our house :D

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[–] velindora@lemmy.cafe 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I wish we knew some new gnu jokes.

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